Saturday, January 21, 2012

USPS employees can actively oppose facility closures without violating the Anti-Lobbying Act

Postal Workers Have the Right
To Speak Out Against Facility Closures

"...The Anti-Lobbying Act, which the USPS cited in a Jan. 13 LiteBlue posting, prohibits the use of government funds — or postal funds — to urge private citizens to communicate with Congress about issues of concern to the Postal Service. As long as postal workers are acting on their own time and are not using postal funds, however, they can speak against and actively oppose facility closures without violating the Anti-Lobbying Act. ..."    postal news

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